"By special licence, at Wagga Wagga, on the 28th November, by the Rev. John Maher, Mr James Burke, youngest son of Mrs. John Peter, Gumly Gumly, to Miss Martha Susannah Best, second daughter of Mrs. R. H. Best, Wagga Wagga." (Published Sydney Morning Herald on 8 Dec 1855, page 7, family notices) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12975715
Sources
New South Wales Marriages 1788-1945. (Civil Marriage & Divorce). Registration District - Albury (Co. Golburn), NSW Australia. 1855. Denomination - Roman Catholic. Volume Reference - V1855758 101.
ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION. (1859, June 24). New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), p. 1417. Retrieved October 12, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228718131
Research done by Judy Lewington great granddaughter of James Bourke
POSSIBLE Death Record. NSW BDM - Deaths. Bourke, James. Registration District - Wagga Wagga. Registration Number - 5289/1859. Father - James. Mother - Mary.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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